So does this mean dc.creator can be used then? Janet ----- Original Message ----- From: Claudia Jürgen <[email protected]> Date: Monday, March 16, 2009 3:07 am Subject: Re: [Dspace-general] dc.creator "do not use" -- why? To: Bram Luyten <[email protected]> Cc: "Platt, Alice" <[email protected]>, "[email protected]" <[email protected]>
> Hi all, > > dc.creator is not used to store the information, who submitted an > item > to the repository. The information is stored in the item table as > submitter_id and in the metadata as dc.description.provenance. > > Sunny greetings > > Claudia Jürgen > > > Bram Luyten schrieb: > > Dear Alice, > > > > dc.contributor.author is normally the default element for authors. > > I think dc.creator is being automatically completed with > information about > > the user who submitted the item into dspace. So let's say that > I'm a > > librarian, submitting a bunch of different records in DSpace, my > name would > > be included in "dc.creator". > > > > For non-technical help with DSpace, there's a very good set of > DSpace course > > materials available here: > > http://cadair.aber.ac.uk/dspace/handle/2160/615 > > > > best regards, > > > > Bram Luyten > > > > @mire NV > > Technologielaan 9 (New address !) > > 3001 Heverlee > > Belgium > > +32 2 888 29 56 > > > > http://www.atmire.com - Institutional Repository Solutions > > http://www.togather.eu - Before getting together, get t...@ther > > > > > > 2009/3/13 Platt, Alice <[email protected]> > > > >> I am just starting on a DSpace project in collaboration with > the IT > >> department at my institution. I am selecting metadata fields to > use and > >> would like to know why the dc.creation element is labeled “do > not use; only > >> for harvested metadata”. I do not understand; I would think > this would be > >> the most appropriate element for authors, regardless. If > dc.creator isn’t > >> being used, what is the default author element? > >> > >> > >> > >> Another question – the information on the DSpace wiki is > largely technical > >> in nature. Is there a source for information for the librarian > side of > >> things that I might have missed? Best practices for metadata, > search & > >> discovery, interface design, workflows, how to work with users > and groups, > >> etc.? > >> > >> > >> > >> Thanks! > >> > >> > >> > >> Alice Platt > >> > >> Digital Initiatives Librarian > >> > >> Shapiro Library > >> > >> Southern New Hampshire University > >> > >> 2500 North River Rd > >> > >> Manchester, NH 03106 > >> > >> 603-668-2211 x 2156 > >> > >> > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> Dspace-general mailing list > >> [email protected] > >> http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/dspace-general > >> > >> > > > > > > ----------------------------------------------------------------- > ------- > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Dspace-general mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/dspace-general > _______________________________________________ > Dspace-general mailing list > [email protected] > http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/dspace-general >
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